The collection

The Treger/Saint Silvestre Collection integrates more than a 1000 works of Art Brut, Singular Art and Contemporary Art. This specific nature turns it unique at the Iberian Peninsula. The Collection is one of the richest private collections in the world and englobes the classic Art Brut authors, such as Adolf Wölfli, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, Giovanni Battista Podestà and Oskar Voll, as well as more recent discoveries, like Ezekiel Messou, Guo Fengyi, Giovanni Galli, Miroslav Tichý and Eugene Von Bruenchenhein.

Since 2014 the Collection has been open to public at Núcleo de Arte da Oliva in the city of São João da Madeira in Portugal. In 2017 the Collection has received the “Collector” award by APOM – Portuguese Association of Museology.

Albert

I like to draw buildings that I could imagine living in. They are safe, warm spaces with fences around them. I start with a vision in my mind and it blossoms from there, and then I try it out on paper to see what it looks like.

Albert’s pencil and pen drawings depict visions of imaginary buildings, homes, fences and structures. With a clear methodology for constructing his works, he begins with a few lines and lets the building or structure develop from there. Albert’s tools consist of a set of pencils, set squares, protractors, rulers and a constant stream of coffee. His practice is focused and productive with hundreds of drawings that are for him, in differing states of completion. Albert exhibits with the Bethlem Gallery, Bethlem Royal Hospital and his work exists in public collections including Pallant House Gallery, the Bethlem Museum, ABCD Collection, Paris, and the Museum of Everything.